Wet fly

Pearly Invicta

Bright loch-style sedge/general searcher

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A pearl-bodied variant of the Invicta — hen-hackle wing, orange-tipped tail, a strip of pearl tinsel through the body in place of the plain gold rib. Sits between the Green Peter and the Murrough on a summer/autumn lough team, a shade brighter for coloured water or an overcast wave.

Fish this when

Summer into early autumn on Irish and Scottish loughs, on a wave with some colour in the water — the pearl rib carries better than the plain Invicta's gold when light is flat.

Why it works

The pearl flash reads as a general attractor as well as a suggestion of a hatching sedge pupa, so it earns its place on the top or middle dropper of a searching team even outside a specific hatch.

Naturals it imitates